Hit a wall (psychological not literal)

Join a fitness class or team up with a reliable workout buddy that you can go to the gym with. Or, if not a gym, then go for a walk or a bike ride, or do something active. But do it on a regular basis. Start slow and ramp it up again. Consistency is key. Work towards your goals. You have done great to this point so you know what it takes. Getting back on track isn't easy but once you do, you will be fine! I am in the same situation after the holidays and I just dedicated 2 weeks to eating right and doing something active at least every other day. I am starting week 2 and I feel decent after being really good for 1 week. I know it will get easier going forward. You've done it before. You can do it again. At least you realize it and are not letting it get out of hand - so congrats on that! Feel free to add me if you'd like.

I had this problem too, so I decided to "change it up". I tend to eat alot of the same things, especially for breakfast and snacks. So, I'm trying different things--that got it started again.

This was me for much of the latter half of last year. I tried all sorts of things. In the end I changed my goal to maintenance and just tried to end the day in the green, even if it was only a little. I ended up with a net loss of only about 10lbs last year BUT that's not an only, that's a loss when I could have easily maintained or gained.

And this year I am back and getting on with losing the last 20-30. So I'd say experiment with some strategies but don't be too hard on yourself if it takes time to find your groove again. And tell yourself giving up at any point is not an option, even if it's a horrible drudge and you go weeks only hitting maintenance, that's still better than where you were.

Hmmm, I maintained a pretty decent loss, almost 70 lbs, for the last 18 months but never lost the last 10 lbs or so I really wanted to lose. I hit the new year determined that I would do it and the first two weeks, nothing. Just like you I couldn't get motivated.

So I hired a trainer and told him I wanted to lose another 10 lbs, along with some fitness goals, and since he was a trainer with nutritional experience, I told him to tell me what to eat and I'd eat it. That was last week and I've lost almost 5 lbs. Sure, that's mostly water weight and he's already increased my calories because that was a little too fast but it did work to motivate me!

Good luck this year! You know what to do and just need to figure out a way to make yourself do it. Maybe a great reward at the end?

Start with a small deficit. Maybe go for only .5-1lbs A week max

I had this problem too. For me, it was that I was restricting my calories too much. I was losing weight at a decent clip but I was irritable, low energy, and emotional. I've since retooled my calorie goal and it's given me much more elbow room. There are some days when I eat way under my calorie goal still but knowing that I have the extra calories there allows me more flexibility in my food choices and removes some of the anxiety from the process, for me at least.

Interesting that others have had this issue as well. I *could not* get out of funk mode after the holidays. I had gained a few pounds and just could not get back into deficit mode. I finally did some guided meditation with my practitioner and dealt with whatever emotional thing was holding me back. I still don't even know what that was but it worked. So maybe spend some time quietly to see if you can pinpoint an emotional "why" you're having a hard time. I still find it interesting that quite a few people have struggled with this.

I have a cartoon on my wall that shows Darth Vader, Voldemort, and "the guy who invented February" sitting at a table with name cards in front of them and it says "The annual meeting of the union of the Dark Lords". I hate February. We have had a depressingly grey January and I've been stuck just like you described. In past years, my only real solution is to gut it out and hope March is nice. Very little progress is made in my life in Jan or Feb.

I've lost 23 lbs with another 37 lbs to go and honestly, I'm just burned out.

I've been thinking it may be time for me to take a break for a week or two and just eat at maintenance.

If I don't do that my mindset is just to switch things up. I've been eating a lot of the same things for the past few months and I think I'm just burned out on them. I'm also playing with the idea of doing a smaller rate of loss for a couple weeks.

In the end I know it's just about willpower. Even though I've lost 23 lbs I desperately want to lose the other 37 lbs and I'm nowhere near where I want to be. It also helps me to remember that if I stop doing this I will just gain the weight back I've loss. I've done this too many times not to know that I would quickly gain that 23 lbs back and it was hard work losing the weight. I don't want to have to lose the same pounds over again.

Momentum builds upon momentum. I think if you (and I) can just a few days under our belts things will get easier.